New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-23
HOW BosToYLAWYERs STRUGGLE.
IRON. me Boston saturday KventnO Gazett'.

One of the heaviest sells ever pracilsed Oh the pro-
fe-siou that perpetrated about year ago Dy an
chtcrprising young chap who secured page OF Que Oh
the daily newspapers, and went To WORK III MS own
way To make , profit on his Investment Ills lea was
tu publish n LET OF the representative lawyers ana
business men OF b0slon aeh OF whom T1 n 10 P"y a
| occupcd some weeks in its developnen anu gondly
st of subsc rbers had been taken. when some lew OF
those VINO had ncen approached began t" look INTO inc
matter a little. and his enterprise met with severe
rebuff The method employed toecUre these subscriber
was ingenious and effective. The canyasser caileu
upOn the LAWYER whu-e name ana cheek ne Wlshcu 10
obtain and after informing him of the general scope
and purpose OF the plan. cOnBdenally added mat his
name was tine list OF representative attorneys
which had been prepared by committee OF three
IL, mbeIs of tho bar oil high standing, but whose
identity il would be n breach of confidence 10 disclose
IL was enough to say that they were persons IN
whose Judgment and integrity the most lmphct tfust
might be reposed At the same time the business caIds
OF some of the oldest and most honored lawyers IN inc
con munlty displayed, and It vas stated that
their names would be- found the list The sheet oil
the paper which the addresses oil the favored rev
w. Ia b, uubli.hcd was To bc struck OH n broad
side and prepared Tor hanging upon the walls oil the
counting room Office, and thus form sort OF
dir Glory OF the best representatives OF the various
notifications OF kind. OF business contained therein
| The halt thus adroitly placed upon the hook was
generally swallowed aud, ~ we have SAID tic
scheme was developing magnihcent,y when ~
occurred 10 one gentleman who had declined To listen
TO the voice OF the charmer To inquire oi one oil those
v hose names had been mentioned rs haNi ~ SUD
serbod the enterprise whether he had actually u9e
80 Then IL out that lew oil the most as,
tngni-hed members OF the profession had been used
| A. decoys TO bring down the others. II had been
-rpre-onted them that the advertisement was 10 nc
| gr,tuitnu- and the money was be made otherwise
than los taking payment for the publication oi ther
respected Names This discovery was soon holseh
abroad among the prOfessiOu ana one alter another
hastcned 10 Withdraw his name and demand back his
snbscription OF course the publishers OF the paper
r,pudiated the represent atoms which had been made
by nn advertising agent not IN their employ, "nd
dec AIRED that they had sod page oil their paper Tor
advertising purposes and that IA 'ong as tho advel'
sements pre- or IN Themselves was no coueern
81 theirs how they we're obtained. All this was tfuo
and fair enough but the indignation OF the Victims oil
this sharp advertising trick refused to b" satisfied
until their money refunded, which was hnaliy
done Before the furry had subsidized an issue OF the
naner was published containing the balance OF the
rnnes and nothing further remained Tor thclr owners
but 10 submit with good graco possible tn tho
chatting which they received from those who refused
10 subscribe For some days there was good deal OF
amusement the affair but the experience thereby
gained doubtless OF more value IMAM the small sum
puid tor the privilege OF having ones name published
as that of one OF Boston. representative lawyers
Some idea OF tho desperate struggle Whlch even So
| called re-urctable attorneys sometimes make to
canture business IL Afforded by the experience Of
many of the victims ii the RosDdale disaster One
| of the papers published, day or two alter the
accident "a dispatch irCm kosIindale, (which, by the
way reminded me very much OF the habit MT.
| Mcawber had OF writing elaborate letters TO his
on the opposite side OF the tablet which
| contained among other Items u statement that the
| agent of Boston law firm was on the ground. and
tbot ne had already secured several cases Another
noncr STATED recently that one OF the injured parties
| had been approached by think eighteen different
LAWYERS with offers OF professional assistance; and
,oday circular received by of the sufferers was
shown 10 me- which purported to have been Issued by
a claim agency here. and was signed by some one
calling himself the ageucys agent In II the recipient
| WIS warned against the nes OF railroad companies,
and advised 10 place his claim in the hands OF those
| who Ly long practice. had become enabled to enforce
| Ma LEGAL rights to their utmost limits The names OF
| the aeency's attorneys given, and confess /
was little surprised TO that one OF them occupies
a position before the public which, aside from any
| taeIiu
| deferred him from allowing his name to he used in
such a connection This by the way, Is probably only
one o a number OF similar circulars With which that
afflicted community has been deluged during the past
two weeks.